stretching adventure with a tent and a mat

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As I stared out at the sandstone mountains of southern Utah, the Ranger tried to explain how this land looked over eight million years ago and how in that time, the land we stood and gawked at with its towering red rock spires and grey rock canyons was transformed from a vast plain to a deep canvas of undulating colors and textures. She told how the Colorado Plateau shifted, raising one area and forcing another to drop hundreds of feet. She explained how the Virgin River slowly carved caverns into the mountains as the deposits of silt and sand compounded again and again to create raised ledges and heart plunging cliffs.

About Camper Yogini

After financing my MFA in Creative Writing on my REI Visa, I amassed enviable points. What else to do with my graduate degree and recreational dividend dollars but buy a tent, a sleeping bag, and a camp stove and set out to criss cross the country. The catch? I was not an experienced camper and remain limited in my knowledge.
In two years time, I have visited and camped in dozens of national parks, state and city parks, as well as my share of Bureau of Land Management sites.
I have grown to appreciate that you never know where the compass may lead, but to be open to choices the path provides. I've fallen in love with Wyoming, been evacuated from the California coast, searched by the boarder patrol in Texas, and found a beautiful community of natural beauty and strong people on an island in Alaska.
I continue to write and interview many along the way and invite you to be a part of the experience--comments and suggestions are always welcomed, as well as my wish for all: May each of us find a path to enjoy on this journey of life.